Speaker (French)
Bonjour, je peux vous renseigner ?
안녕하세요, 무엇을 도와드릴까요?
Bonjour 안녕하세요
Live translation
French ↔ Korean
through one pair of earbuds.
Share an earbud. Pick French and Korean. Each of you hears the other in your own language, live.
A sample exchange
Three turns between French and Korean, the way they'd actually go. Each card shows the original line above the translation.
Speaker (Korean)
네, 선물을 찾고 있는데요, 파리다운 걸로요.
Oui, je cherche un cadeau, quelque chose de typiquement parisien.
Speaker (French)
Très bon choix. Venez, je vous montre nos macarons.
좋은 선택이세요. 이쪽으로 오세요, 저희 마카롱을 보여드릴게요.
What metcha supports for this pair
| French | Korean | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple on-device translation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deepgram cloud STT | ✓ | ✓ |
| iOS built-in voices | ✓ | ✓ |
| ElevenLabs premium voices (Plus) | 4 voices | 4 voices |
| Voice cloning (Plus, your voice) | ✓ | ✓ |
Why metcha for this pair
Korean visitors are now a major presence in Paris, drawn to the patisseries, beauty counters, and luxury boutiques, while French travelers fill Seoul in return. The two languages share nothing structurally: French is verb-medial in the Latin alphabet, Korean is verb-final in hangul with a firm polite register (존댓말). Most translation tools pivot a non-English pair like this through English; metcha's Better Translation path on metcha Plus translates directly between French and Korean and keeps the polite form in a shop or cafe.
Common phrases
Hand-picked phrases for everyday Korean-speaking situations. In metcha you don't need to memorize these — but they're useful to anchor what the app sounds like before you try it.
- Greeting
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French: Bonjour, enchanté.
Korean: 안녕하세요, 만나서 반갑습니다.
- Thank you
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French: Merci beaucoup.
Korean: 정말 감사합니다.
- Apology
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French: Désolé, je ne comprends pas.
Korean: 죄송해요, 잘 못 알아들었어요.
- Directions
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French: Où se trouve le musée d'Orsay ?
Korean: 오르세 미술관이 어디예요?
- Café
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French: Un café et un croissant, s'il vous plaît.
Korean: 커피 한 잔이랑 크루아상 하나 주세요.
- Allergy
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French: Je suis allergique aux arachides.
Korean: 저는 땅콩 알레르기가 있어요.
- Bill
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French: L'addition, s'il vous plaît.
Korean: 계산해 주세요.
- Hotel
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French: J'ai une réservation.
Korean: 예약했는데요.
- Pharmacy
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French: Avez-vous quelque chose contre le mal de tête ?
Korean: 두통약 있어요?
- Taxi
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French: À cette adresse, s'il vous plaît.
Korean: 이 주소로 가 주세요.
Where you'd use it
- Korean visitors in Paris: patisseries, beauty counters, boutiques See the Paris guide →
- French travelers exploring Seoul and the night markets
- Luxury retail and department stores serving Korean shoppers
- Cafes and patisseries welcoming Korean tour groups For cafés →
Common questions
- Does metcha translate Korean to French as well as French to Korean?
- Yes, both directions run in the same session. When someone speaks French, the other person hears it in Korean; when they reply in Korean, you hear it in French. There is no direction to configure and no turn-taking button. See how it works for the full walkthrough.
- Is French ↔ Korean translation in metcha on-device or cloud?
- Both. metcha's free tier uses Apple's on-device Translation framework where supported (available for both French and Korean). metcha Plus optionally routes through a Better Translation cloud path for more natural phrasing, with a quiet fallback to the on-device path when the network is slow.
- Do I need both AirPods to use metcha for French and Korean?
- No. The simplest mode is one earbud each — you keep one, the other person keeps the other. metcha handles both directions through that single shared pair. If you'd rather both wear your own earbuds, you can pair a second phone in seconds via a QR code (still no app install for the other person).
- What about regional accents within Korean?
- metcha's Deepgram STT path handles major regional variants of Korean robustly. The on-device path is more sensitive to accent — if you find the free path missing words, switching to the metcha Plus cloud STT usually fixes it without changing anything else about the conversation.
- Does it work without internet?
- The free on-device path works fully offline once the relevant Apple Translation language packs are downloaded. metcha Plus features that depend on Deepgram, Better Translation, or ElevenLabs voices need a network connection.
- How many voices does metcha ship for Korean?
- 4 curated native-Korean voices on metcha Plus, plus all iOS built-in voices on the free tier (and any Enhanced or Premium voices you've installed in Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content).
- Are conversations private?
- metcha does not store conversations on our servers, and none of our providers retain audio for training. The free on-device path never sends audio off your phone at all. See the privacy policy for the full data-handling story.